[ad_1]
On the morning of this Tuesday, the specialized director against money laundering of the Attorney General’s Office, Luis Miguel Martínez Romero, confirmed that in a joint work with the Tax and Customs Police, Polfa, and with intelligence information from the Unit of Information and Financial Analysis (Uiaf), is “it achieved the capture and prosecution of three people who allegedly had laundered assets for more than 82 billion pesos. “
According to the Prosecutor, the illegal activity took place during the years 2016 and 2017.
Martínez said that, with the development of the investigation, it was possible to show “that those currently prosecuted, apparently, through the constitution of a front company called La Buena Promesa SAS, supposedly dedicated to the wholesale trade of food products, legalized the entry of foreign currency of illicit origin from Hong Kong (China) and Turkey, without carrying out the commercial operations that justify said income “.
He said that the brothers Diego Fabián and Mónica Alejandra Núñez Vergel, partners and founders of the supposed company – which was actually a neighborhood store, – and Mónica’s husband, Edwin Saúl García Castellanos (captured in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander) , they were charged with the crimes of conspiracy to commit a crime for the purpose of money laundering and money laundering.
You might be interested in reading: Prosecutor’s Office maintains investigation for money laundering against Álex Saab)
The Prosecutor stressed that the three captured were sheltered with a measure of custodial security: men with intramural detention and women with home detention.
A front company called La Buena Promesa SAS, supposedly dedicated to the wholesale trade of food products, legalized the entry of foreign currency
The director of the Asset Laundering unit of the Prosecutor’s Office pointed out that the structure was committing crimes from Villa del Rosario, and it was possible to establish “that its main activity was not related to foreign exchange operations. in which it supported, between September 2016 and June 2017, the inflow of foreign currency for a value of USD 28’064,126, equivalent for the time to $ 82,560’560,690 “.
For his part, the director of the Polfa, General Gustavo Franco, assured that the transactions to withdraw the money were “carried out by people from levels 1 and 2, who were beneficiaries of the Sisben.”
(By context, it could be of your interest: Hitting cigarette smuggling networks in Bogotá)
This is why the researchers were able to establish that all the money received in the company’s checking account was apparently drawn by 428 checks in favor of third parties with limited resources.
The beneficiaries did not have the quality of suppliers or clients of the same, so it is presumed that these withdrawals were not for the development of their corporate purpose, but to give the appearance of legality to the illicit resources upon entry to Colombia and then transform them into cash.
“The researchers also showed that A single person would have carried out 222 transactions with withdrawals worth $ 45,710 million pesos in the span of two years, while another did so for $ 17,525 million“, highlights the Prosecutor’s Office through a statement on the subject.
Other news of the day from the Justice section
– The pistol that was an amulet of ‘Uriel’, the Eln’s fallen leader
– This is how the planes with which the fumigations will be reactivated look
– Commander of FF. MM. to respond by bombing where 8 children died
JUSTICE
On twitter: @JusticiaET
[ad_2]
